ABC 7: The Nabonidus Chronicle

Nabonidus Chronicle, reverse (British Museum)

The Nabonidus
Chronicle
is a historiographical text from ancient Babylonia. It describes the
reign of Nabonidus, the last king of the Babylonian Empire, who lost
his realm to the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE. These pages present a scholarly edition; an easy-to-read version can be found here.